{"id":152,"date":"2025-04-24T13:56:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T13:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liamjvt.com\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2025-04-24T16:04:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T16:04:44","slug":"personal-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/liamjvt.com\/index.php\/personal-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ponderings<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a collection of posts where I write about some of my thoughts on specific topics. One can view them as philosophical discussion, but I choose to see these as just a way for me to let out any thoughts in my head that show my personal perspective on certain things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-231 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-blog category-thoughts\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h3 style=\"color:#462d26;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-18ef11508118157045ff1ca785980448 wp-block-post-title has-text-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/liamjvt.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/ai-is-going-in-the-wrong-direction\/\" target=\"_self\" >AI is Going in the Wrong Direction<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div style=\"color:#395c78;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-933f3f9684a9dd63a2f0321c74d272ad wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">This post is gonna be a lot more technical than my usual ones, but don&#8217;t get mistaken because this is still just me venting my thoughts on a topic.&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/liamjvt.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/ai-is-going-in-the-wrong-direction\/\"><em>Click here to read more<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-31T01:53:31+00:00\">March 31, 2026<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-224 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-blog category-thoughts\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h3 style=\"color:#462d26;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-18ef11508118157045ff1ca785980448 wp-block-post-title has-text-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/liamjvt.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/written-language\/\" target=\"_self\" >Written Language<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div style=\"color:#395c78;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-933f3f9684a9dd63a2f0321c74d272ad wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Recently, I&#8217;ve started learning Mandarin Chinese. Like most people, I came in thinking the complex writing system would be the hardest part, so I was pleasantly surprised to learn&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/liamjvt.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/written-language\/\"><em>Click here to read more<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-09-16T17:48:50+00:00\">September 16, 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-217 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-thoughts\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h3 style=\"color:#462d26;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-18ef11508118157045ff1ca785980448 wp-block-post-title has-text-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/liamjvt.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/02\/simulation\/\" target=\"_self\" >Simulation<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div style=\"color:#395c78;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-933f3f9684a9dd63a2f0321c74d272ad wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">I recently was thinking about the idea that we live in one huge simulation. I&#8217;ve heard a bunch of theories on how to prove it, but I realised most,&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/liamjvt.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/02\/simulation\/\"><em>Click here to read more<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-05-02T01:58:17+00:00\">May 2, 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-140 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-thoughts\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h3 style=\"color:#462d26;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-18ef11508118157045ff1ca785980448 wp-block-post-title has-text-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/liamjvt.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/mahjong-chess-and-the-certainty-of-choices-and-consequences\/\" target=\"_self\" >Mahjong, Chess, and the Certainty of Choices and Consequences<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div style=\"color:#395c78;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-933f3f9684a9dd63a2f0321c74d272ad wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Those of you who know me well might know that I have recently developed a fixation on the game Mahjong, specifically Riichi Mahjong, the Japanese style of the game.&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/liamjvt.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/mahjong-chess-and-the-certainty-of-choices-and-consequences\/\"><em>Click here to read more<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-02-20T19:43:42+00:00\">February 20, 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-133 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-thoughts\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h3 style=\"color:#462d26;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-18ef11508118157045ff1ca785980448 wp-block-post-title has-text-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/liamjvt.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/03\/equilibrium\/\" target=\"_self\" >Equilibrium<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div style=\"color:#395c78;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-933f3f9684a9dd63a2f0321c74d272ad wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Balance. It&#8217;s a common lesson I&#8217;ve been taught throughout my life, yet only recently I&#8217;ve been starting to fit into my life. Some of you know I have been&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/liamjvt.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/03\/equilibrium\/\"><em>Click here to read more<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-02-03T19:49:07+00:00\">February 3, 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-123 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-thoughts\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h3 style=\"color:#462d26;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-18ef11508118157045ff1ca785980448 wp-block-post-title has-text-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/liamjvt.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/24\/the-essence-of-self-and-the-pain-of-loss\/\" target=\"_self\" >The Essence of Self and the Pain of Loss<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div style=\"color:#395c78;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-933f3f9684a9dd63a2f0321c74d272ad wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">I don&#8217;t remember too much from my Philosophy class in university, but I remember a huge discussion about what defines the self. What makes you you and what makes&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/liamjvt.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/24\/the-essence-of-self-and-the-pain-of-loss\/\"><em>Click here to read more<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-01-24T05:14:44+00:00\">January 24, 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-116 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-thoughts\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h3 style=\"color:#462d26;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-18ef11508118157045ff1ca785980448 wp-block-post-title has-text-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/liamjvt.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/14\/vectors\/\" target=\"_self\" >Vectors<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div style=\"color:#395c78;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-933f3f9684a9dd63a2f0321c74d272ad wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">I got thinking about how people often refer to their significant other as their other half, or sometimes their better half. It is kinda cute, I&#8217;ll admit, but for&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/liamjvt.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/14\/vectors\/\"><em>Click here to read more<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-01-14T01:42:14+00:00\">January 14, 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-93 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-thoughts\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h3 style=\"color:#462d26;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-18ef11508118157045ff1ca785980448 wp-block-post-title has-text-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/liamjvt.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/06\/on-the-edge-of-eternity\/\" target=\"_self\" >On the Edge of Eternity<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div style=\"color:#395c78;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-933f3f9684a9dd63a2f0321c74d272ad wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Our unending search for meaning A decade ago, I was enrolled in a summer camp for Duke&#8217;s Talent Identification program DukeTIP where I received a book called The Colossal&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/liamjvt.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/06\/on-the-edge-of-eternity\/\"><em>Click here to read more<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-01-06T20:19:55+00:00\">January 6, 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-91 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-thoughts\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h3 style=\"color:#462d26;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-18ef11508118157045ff1ca785980448 wp-block-post-title has-text-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/liamjvt.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/05\/random-thought\/\" target=\"_self\" >Random Thought<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div style=\"color:#395c78;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-933f3f9684a9dd63a2f0321c74d272ad wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">I am unsure how this works, but I am giving it a try.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/liamjvt.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/05\/random-thought\/\"><em>Click here to read more<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-01-05T21:59:07+00:00\">January 5, 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Want to keep up with my latest posts? 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